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THE SEVENTH SIN (CD)
Composed by: Miklos Rozsa

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The Seventh Sin is the 1957 filming of W. Somerset Maugham's novel The Painted Veil, an exotic tale of personal redemption earlier produced with Greta Garbo. Eleanor Parker plays a brittle adulteress who accompanies her doctor husband (Bill Travers) to a cholera-stricken region of China, where she undergoes a profound transformation with the help of the local convent and a cynical bystander played by George Sanders.

The film's score is by Miklós Rózsa and a powerful convergence of three of his styles: his "epic" work of the period (late '50s M-G-M - the theme bears a resemblance to his questing melody for Lust for Life); his "film noir" moods (for the story's marital infidelities); and his "exotic" style (for the remote Asian setting). A highlight is "East Meets West/Tea Party," where Rózsa's enchanting music turns a small personal gathering into a supple, transcendent affair.

FSM's premiere CD of The Seventh Sin features the complete underscore followed by the film's source music: a 17:28 suite of Chinese-styled pieces (written by Rózsa to emulate Hong Kong records) and a waltz re-recorded from The Story of Three Loves (1953). The soundtrack is presented in the best-possible monaural sound, as it was originally recorded onto mono 17.5mm magnetic film rather than the stereo 35mm magnetic film customary for the period.

1. Prelude (02:15)
2. Briefcase (01:55)
3. Alibi / Mystery (04:26)
4. Homecoming (01:21)
5. Boat Trip (00:51)
6. Cortege (02:16)
7. Alone (00:49)
8. Nursery / Turmoil / Reminiscences (05:38)
9. Rape (02:07)
10. East Meets West / Tea Party (05:25)
11. New Life (02:20)
12. Home (01:15)
13. Bad News / Rough Passage / Forgiveness (07:17)
14. Finale (02:01)
15. Chinese Montage (16:27)
16. Waltz (02:23)

  
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